Hoag Classic

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Hoag Classic
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Tournament information
Location Newport Beach, California
Established1995
Course(s)Newport Beach Country Club
Par71
Length6,606 yards (6,041 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,000,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate193 Duffy Waldorf (2015)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els
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Newport Beach CC
Location in the United States
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Newport Beach CC
Location in California

The Hoag Classic (formerly the Toshiba Classic) is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. The Hoag Classic is played annually in March in Newport Beach, California at the Newport Beach Country Club. Newport Beach Country Club was designed by William Francis Bell in 1954. The tournament was founded in 1995 as the Toshiba Senior Classic. Hoag became the title sponsor of the tournament starting in 2019. [1]

Contents

The longest sudden-death playoff in the history of the PGA Tour Champions occurred at the 1997 event when Bob Murphy defeated Jay Sigel on the ninth hole. [2] [3] The record was broken the following year at the Royal Caribbean Classic. [4]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
($)
Hoag Classic
2024 Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg2,000,000
2023 Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els (2)200−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Doug Barron
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stricker 		2,000,000
2022 Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 198−154 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi 2,000,000
2021 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els 197−162 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples
Flag of the United States.svg Glen Day
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson 		1,800,000
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett 203−10Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Woody Austin 1,800,000
Toshiba Classic
2018 Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 202−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pernice Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Tolles 		1,800,000
2017: No tournament
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas (2)197−16Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bart Bryant 1,800,000
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Duffy Waldorf 193−202 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Joe Durant 1,800,000
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples (2)198−151 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Pate 		1,750,000
2013 Flag of South Africa.svg David Frost 194−195 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 1,750,000
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts (2)205−82 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 		1,750,000
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts 196−171 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Mark Wiebe 1,700,000
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 195−184 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Black 1,700,000
2009 Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Romero 202−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Sindelar 		1,700,000
2008 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 199−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas 1,700,000
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas 194−192 strokes Flag of the United States.svg R. W. Eaks 1,650,000
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant 204−91 stroke Flag of the United States.svg John Harris
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Wadkins 		1,650,000
Toshiba Senior Classic
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Johnson (2)200−134 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Keith Fergus
Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Levi 		1,650,000
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Johnson 198−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Morris Hatalsky 1,600,000
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodger Davis 197−164 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson 1,550,000
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin (2)197−165 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle 1,500,000
2001 Flag of Spain.svg José María Cañizares 202−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan 1,400,000
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle 136 [lower-alpha 1] −61 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Twitty 		1,300,000
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Gary McCord 204−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle
Flag of the United States.svg Al Geiberger
Flag of the United States.svg John Jacobs 		1,200,000
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin 200−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hubert Green 1,100,000
1997 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Murphy 207−6Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jay Sigel 1,000,000
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Colbert 201−122 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bob Eastwood 1,000,000
1995 Flag of the United States.svg George Archer 199−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Dave Stockton
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Wargo 		1,000,000

Multiple winners

Three players have won this tournament more than once through 2020.

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hoag new title sponsor of Newport Beach event". PGA Tour. March 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ Zullo, Allan (2001). Astonishing but True Golf Facts . Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN   978-0740714269.
  3. ↑ "Bob Murphy wins title on ninth playoff hole". McCook Daily Gazette. McCook, Nebraska. Associated Press. March 17, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Senior Caribbean Classic; Graham Wins Longest Playoff". The New York Times . February 2, 1998. Retrieved March 13, 2013.

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